Nigerians will not forget in a hurry how Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said BBNaija 2018 housemates are darkness, adding that the show is immoral.
In a series of tweets he wrote: ”I mean, did the organizers deliberately search for the most morally bankrupt youths to spotlight? Is depravity now a virtue? Let me end by saying that the housemates of #BBNaija are no stars. They are darkness. They are blight on the nation, foaming in the mouth their indecency and Nigeria must not celebrate them at all. Not at all” .
However, BBNaija 2018 finalist Tobi Bakre has affirmed that the society should not condemn BBNaija saying it is immoral. He noted in an interview with The Nation that the show has brought a lot of values to Nigerian youths.
“In my opinion, the society should not judge the show like that. This was a show that brought a lot of values to the youth, and engaged a lot of people. A lot of things that happen in the house are things are things that happen outside of the house as human beings. Because it’s televised, why should they make it look like a sin? I don’t think the society should go that route.
“And the show was consistently passing messages to the youths, be it unwanted pregnancies and how the youths should conduct themselves, body odour, value of education and all that. We were made to talk to Africa about things that really matter like malaria. So, there was a lot of value adding to the youth, knowledge-wise. And then, the people in the house generally, a lot of conversations we had in the house are things someone listening would learn from. We had very intelligent people in the house. Even Alex, everybody calls her Shaku Shaku queen. Alex is an amazing writer. When I started hanging out with Alex, my writing skills did improve”, he said.
Speaking further, Tobi added that the show made him become a writer.
“I started to write poems. I became more creative. I’m just saying that when you see the different individuals, you learn from them. Miracle’s story is inspirational. He wanted to fly, the means was not there. Family support initially was not there, but he went for it. These are messages we passed across to the society and that child listening will be like, this my dream, dem no believe but I will die there. So big brother should not be perceived in that light”.
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